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فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ
Falammā jā'a 'am'runā jaʻalnā ʻāliyahā sāfilahā wa'am'ṭar'nā ʻalay'hā ḥijāratan mmin sijjīlin mmanḍūdin
When Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread, layer on layer,-
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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When Allah's command came, He turned the town upside down and rained on it layers of stones of baked clay.
Start with bismillah.
Ask: "Why do we learn about what happened to past peoples?"
Listen together as Mahmoud Khalil Al-Husary recites ayat 82–88 of Hud, a short clip shared by Husary clips.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What happened to the town?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What lesson does this teach?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Hud is surah 11. Find ayah 82. This ayah tells, in one serious line, how Lut's town was overturned. We do not dwell on it. The lesson is to stay away from shameful deeds and follow Allah's guidance.
Fact: Al-Hijr 15:74 also describes this. Read it with a grown-up.
Ages 5–8: Good choices. Talk about choosing what is clean and good.
Ages 9–12: Lessons. Write the main lesson from Lut's story.
Finish with: "The main lesson from Lut's story is ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will choose clean, good things to watch and do."
Action: Choose clean, good things to watch and do.
